Ross Blanchard
Ross Blanchard
Height: 6-3
Year: SR
Hometown: Novato, CA
High School: Novato
Position: hurdles
Major: Biochemistry

2010:  Became an elite sprinter and hurdler by scoring serious points for the Bulldogs at the SCIAC championships en route to a second-place finish…  Opened up his junior campaign with a second-place performance at the Rossi Relays (2/27) in the 110m hurdles (15.51 seconds)… Won three 110m hurdle races against conference competition, including the first (15.0), second (14.9) and third (14.5) SCIAC Multi-Dual Meets.  Also crossed the finish line first during the Redlands Invite (14.9)…  Posted consecutive second-place marks at the SCIAC Multi-Dual No.1 Meet (11.28) and Redlands Invite (11.10) in the 100m dash… Competed in both the long and triple jump, recording season-highs of 20’6” and 41’1”respectively…  Collected two runner-up times in the 100m (11.09) and 110mH (14.90) at the SCIAC Championships (4/30) as well as contributed to the third-place finish of the 4x100m relay (42.68), earning All-SCIAC honors in the process… Registered his best performance and career-best in the 110m hurdles at the Occidental Invite (5/8), clocking in at 14.75…  Tallied 21 top-five finishes throughout the season…  

2009: Starred as the team’s fastest sprint hurdler… Started off his season with a fourth-place finish in the 60m Hurdles (8.87) at the Azusa Pacific Indoor… Tied for second in the 110m Hurdles (14.9) and cleared a season-best, seventh-place height of 10’ 6” in the Pole Vault at the SCIAC Invitational… Registered a second-place time of 15.98 in the 100m Hurdles at the SCIAC Top-4 meet while adding a ninth-place mark of 23.37 in the 200m… Won the 110m Hurdles at the Redlands Invitational, breaking the elusive 15-second barrier with a 14.99… He also finished fifth in the Long Jump with a season-best leap of 20’ 7 ¼” and fourth in the Pole Vault with a height of 10’ at the Redlands Invitational… Took ninth in the 110m Hurdles at the competitive Pomona-Pitzer Invitational, clocking a 15.32… Ran his fastest 110m Hurdles time of the season (14.89) at the SCIAC Multi-Duals, placing third overall… That 110m Hurdles mark met the NCAA provisional qualifying standard by .01 seconds… Enjoyed a successful SCIAC Championships, registering a season-best time of 23.01 in the 200m while taking third in the 110m Hurdles (15.08)… Also competed on the Bulldogs’ second-place 4x100m Relay at SCIACs… Boasted a second-place time of 15.06 in the 110m Hurdles at the Occidental Invitational… All-SCIAC in the 110m Hurdles and the 4x100m Relay… Presidential Scholarship recipient… Achievement Award winner…

2008: Talented freshman hurdler for the Bulldogs… Point-scorer that helped contribute to the team’s second-place finish at the SCIAC Championships… Clocked an 11.97 in the 100m at the Pomona All-Comers meet… Took second in the 110m Hurdles against Fresno Pacific University with a 16.53 time… Ran a 23.96 200m time against the Sunbirds as well … Snagged a third-place finish in the 110m Hurdles at the SCIAC Multi-Duals with a 16.13 time… Placed second at the SCIAC Championship meet in the 110m Hurdles, checking in at 15.71… All-SCIAC in the 110m Hurdles… Presidential Scholarship recipient… Achievement Award winner…